Karan Kapoor (born 17 January 1962) is a former Indian film actor and model of British and Indian descent. He is the son of Shashi Kapoor and late Jennifer Kendal. His paternal grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and his paternal uncles are Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. His elder brother Kunal Kapoor and sister Sanjana Kapoor have also acted in some films but like him they were not very successful. His maternal grandparents, Geoffrey Kendal and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespeareana, performing Shakespeare and Shaw. The Merchant Ivory film, Shakespeare Wallah, was loosely based on the family, which starred his father and his aunt, actress Felicity Kendal. Karan later moved towards photography and decided to be a part of this profession though he worked as an actor too.
His cousin is Sanjay Kapoor the CEO of Talking Pictures Productions in Bahrain. Sanjay is the son of director Vijay Kapoor. Vijay Kapoor has another son named Ajay Kapoor. Ajay Kapoor is the Executive Director at Indra Media Pvt Ltd. Ajay is Zee Sports - Head of Programming. Ajay has also been a producer of several drama series. He has also been the Nimbus Television - Creative Director. Ajay has also been the producer of Ten Sports. Director Vijay Kapoor also has a daughter named Anuradha settled in India. Anuradha has a daughter settled in Australia.
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Was to be launched as a hero in the film " Saahebzada" produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Prayag Raj . The film was to co star Shashi Kapoor and Sri Devi. This was in 1986.
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Was engaged to actress Sarika.
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Filmography is often mixed up with actor Carran Kapur. This is due to them both having the same name but spelt differently.
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Dad Shashi Kapoor's maternal uncle was actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. Jugal married actress Anwari Begum and adopted her daughter actress Zarine ( Nasreen) Nasreen is the mother of actress/ singer Salma Agha. This makes Karan Kapoor a cousin of Salma Agha. Karan is also the uncle of actress Sasha Agha. Salma's daughter.
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A daughter named Aliya Kapoor ( Born November 15 1998) and a son named Zach Kapoor.
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Partner of Lorna Kapoor.
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Cousin to actor Jatin Sial ( Aunt Urmila Sial's son).
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Grand nephew of Trilok Kapoor ( Prithviraj 's brother).
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Nephew of Director Vijay Kapoor and Actor Politician Vicky Kapoor ( Har Har Mahadev). They are the children of Trilok Kapoor.
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Nephew of Geeta Bali.
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Cousin of Randhir Rishi, Rajiv, Aditya Raj, Kanchan DesaI,.
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Uncle to Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor.
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Nephew of Raj , Shammi, Shashi Kapoor.
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Grandson of Prithviraj Kapoor.
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Uncle to Bollywood actors Karishma, Kareena, Ranbir Kapoor.
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Cousin to Bollywood actors Randhir , Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor.
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